Last Catholic School Closing Is A Shame

Less than two years ago, I wrote a letter to the editor, "And Then There Was One Catholic School Left in Hartford."

And here we are. Less than two years since the closing of St. Cyril and Methodius school left the families of Harford with only one Catholic grade school in the city, St. Augustine School will close [March 11, courant.com, "Last Catholic School In Hartford Closing"].

Don't tell me St. Augustine School lives on. Don't tell me St. Augustine is not really closing. Don't tell me that St. Augustine is not a building, it's the people. I am a graduate of the school and spent nine years of my life in that building; St. Augustine School is the educational community in that building in the South End of Hartford.

For the city of Hartford to be without a single archdiocesan Catholic school is an absolute crime. One wonders how Dale Hoyt manages to retain his position as superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Hartford. With the trend of closing Catholic schools that has happened under his watch, I can only imagine that before too long, there will be nothing left for him to be the superintendent of.